Twiggy

Leslie Twiggy HornbyLeslie 'Twiggy' Hornby Anonymous At 17 Leslie Hornby took hold of the world. At 21 she let it go, she was the original waif, a 60?s phenomenon a superstar. She was Twiggy (Vogue). Leslie Hornby was the revolutionary woman who changed the idea of beauty in the eyes of the fashion industry and the entire world. Twiggy exemplified the androgynous mod look that swept America as it had Britain and much of Europe in the 1960?s. She healthily maintained a 5 ft 6 1/2 inch 90 lb body. Based on her thin

Ideal WomenIdeal Women whiSu Bowman The American women of today can never be too thin or too pretty. In most cases thin equates beauty, so the present ideal is a thin, fit, radiantly healthy, young woman. In magazines stuffed with models and advertisements, billboards on the highway, and actresses on TV, the message of what women should look like is everywhere. The inescapable presence of these images in effect shapes the image of women today. It is very unfortunate that the media influences American socie